This study examined whether rumination, shame, self-criticism, and perfectionism mediate the previously established link between self-compassion both eating body image concerns. A cross-sectional online survey was completed by a community sample of non-clinical adult women (n = 369) men 201). Participants standardised measures (predictor), external self-criticism (mediating variables), patholog...

Internalized sexism focuses on the forms of sexist behaviour and attitudes conducted by women toward themselves other women. This article discusses internalized TikTok videos tagged with “Pick Me Girl” or hashtag #PickMeGirl. It can be defined as a social media phenomenon dominated who always consider that they are best in any kind condition. As feeling perfect, easily hate, insult, compete The...

Abstract This paper studies the link between self-image and behavior among those who face stigma due to poverty social exclusion. Using a randomized field experiment with sex workers in Kolkata (India), we examine whether psychological intervention mitigate adverse effects of internalized can induce change. We find significant improvements participants' self-image, their savings choices, health...

Research has paradoxically linked awareness of illness to both better function outcomes and lesser hope and self-esteem. One possible explanation for these findings is that acceptance of having schizophrenia may impact outcomes differently depending on the meanings the person attaches to this acceptance, particularly whether he or she accepts stigmatizing beliefs about mental illness. To explor...

BACKGROUND The views of one's self-stigma and quality of life (QoL) in patients with schizophrenia and depressive disorders are significant subjective notions, both being proven to affect patient's functioning in life. The objective of this study was to investigate the QoL and self-stigma in connection with demographic factors and compare the two groups of patients in terms of those variables. ...

The noncooperative Nash equilibrium solution of classical games corresponds to a rational expectations attitude on the part of the players. However, in many cases, games played by human players have outcomes very different from Nash equilibria. A restricted version of quantum games is proposed to implement, in mathematical games, the interplay of self-interest and internalized social norms that...